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Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal malpractice cases and attorney misconduct. Coverage includes criminal allegations, disciplinary actions, and recusals involving attorneys and judges, as well as legal rules and standards.
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Latest News in Legal Ethics
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May 26, 2020
Accused PPE Fraudsters Deny NY Price-Gouging Charges
A pair of accused COVID-19 fraudsters on Tuesday denied price-gouging charges stemming from a purported scheme to resell 1 million personal protective masks at a 50% hike.
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May 26, 2020
Ex-Pierce Atty Says Colleague Lied In Boeing Max 8 Hearing
Confusion about Pierce Bainbridge's role in an airline class action mounted in recent days as a former Pierce attorney accused a one-time firm leader of potentially lying in court and another attorney representing the embattled partnership of trying to "intimidate" him into silence.
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May 26, 2020
Judge Makes Schlichter Bogard $5M Fee Offer It Won't Refuse
Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP and two other firms will receive nearly $5.25 million in fees after a federal judge during a hearing Tuesday offered the attorneys representing Massachusetts Institute of Technology workers in an $18 million ERISA settlement a choice: take the deal or pay for a special master.
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May 26, 2020
NJ Justices Remove 'Close Your Legs' Judge From Bench
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday ousted a state judge for asking a sexual assault accuser whether she closed her legs and later joking about the case with his staff, siding with a special panel's determination that he should be removed from the bench.
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May 22, 2020
Podhurst's Inaction Costs Its Damages Bid Against Venezuela
Podhurst Orseck PA has been dropped from its bid to collect damages in a long-standing arbitration dispute in Mississippi federal court between U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls and Venezuela's Ministry of Defense after failing to file anything in the case for at least 11 years.
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